Miata Mailing List: March 2000, Message #76

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> A team of archaeologists excavating in Israel came upon a cave. 
>   Written across the cave wall were the following symbols, in this 
>   order of appearance from left to right: a woman, a donkey, a shovel, 
>   a fish, and a Star of David. It was considered a unique find, and 
>   the writings were said to be at least three thousand years old.
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>   The piece of stone was removed, brought to the museum, and
>   archaeologists from around the world came to study the ancient 
>   symbols. They held a huge meeting after months of conferences to 
>   discuss the meaning of the markings.
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>   The president of the society summarized findings and pointed at the
>   first symbol. "This looks like a woman. We can judge that this race 
>   was family oriented and held women in high esteem. You can also tell 
>   they were intelligent, as the next symbol resembles a donkey; so, they 
>   were smart enough to have animals help them till the soil. The next 
>   drawing looks like a shovel of some sort, which means they even had 
>   tools to help them. Even further proof of their high intelligence is 
>   the fish, which means that if a famine had hit the earth and food 
>   didn't grow, they would take to the sea for food. The last symbol 
>   appears to be the Star of David, which means they were evidently 
>   Hebrews."
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>   The audience applauded enthusiastically. But, a little old man,
>   stood up in the back of the room and said, "Idiots! Hebrew is read 
>   from right to left. It says,"Holy mackerel! Dig the ass on that woman!"
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